Category: Christian Doctrine

The essentials of Christianity can all be summed up in what is called the Gospel: the good news of Jesus Christ. That’s pretty much what it comes down to. Heck, we could even boil it down further and say simply, Christ, and we’d still be correct. Although it’s simple, it’s utterly profound, and we’ll see […]

Many Christians seem to think that the church today is under some sort of obligation to tithe, but where did that understanding come from? When you read the New Testament, tithing isn’t really mentioned, much less prescribed, but let’s explore this issue a little further. What Is a Tithe? A tithe is simply “one tenth” […]

I remember talking to a co-worker one day who told me that he didn’t drink alcohol because he was a Christian . . . But that got me thinking, “Is drinking alcohol a sin in Christianity? . . . But didn’t Jesus drink alcohol?” It turns out that drinking alcohol is not a sin, and […]

The book of Revelation is perhaps the most difficult book in the Bible to understand, and for good reason, I think: it’s apocalyptic literature! This type of literature commonly uses symbolism, imagery, and metaphors to convey absolute truths, making it difficult to understand sometimes. This has led to much confusion, resulting in many different interpretations. […]

The Doctrine of Original Sin is the idea that all humanity after Adam has been born sinners because of Adam’s sin. Whether this doctrine is true or not is irrelevant to the truth of Christianity . . . because one can still be an orthodox Christian without holding strictly to it. I say strictly because […]

Here recently, I’ve noticed a lot of confusion around the deity of Christ and the Trinity, so I’m going to try my best to explain it biblically. Do I believe that Jesus was God? Yes! Do I believe that God is a Trinity? Yes! I think we have to answer these questions in the affirmative […]

Predestination is the idea that God has predestined everything that comes to pass, including those who will be saved. In my opinion, there seems to be two errors concerning this doctrine: 1) People deny predestination, or 2) People accept predestination and deny free-will. Both of these errors are unbiblical; a sound Christian theology will affirm […]

I did a YouTube video, not long ago, about what is meant by “true Israel”, where I concluded that “true Israel” is all believers who have been saved by grace through faith. The idea that God’s chosen people is the nation Israel is simply mistaken, and Paul makes this crystal clear in the book of […]